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...rare in the U.S. as quadruplets. Last week in Berkeley, Calif, a new one took the air. The Paganini Quartet (so named because their cello, viola, and two violins are Stradivarii once owned by the great violinist, Niccolo Paganini) played Beethoven and Debussy at a brisker than usual clip, but the music was warm and dramatic. Wrote the San Francisco Chronicle's critic, Alfred Frankenstein: "Perhaps never before has one heard a string quartet with so rich, mellow and superbly polished a tone...
...purse's contents: a diamond-studded gold cigaret lighter, a diamond-studded gold cigaret holder, a diamond-studded gold compact, a diamond-studded gold lipstick-&-perfume set, a diamond-studded pillbox, a solid gold scratch pad and pencil, a diamond-&-gold coin purse, a diamond-studded gold money clip, $500 in cash, and 40 solid gold keys. But no tooth powder...
...Centuries. Author Stewart has to ramble at a pretty good clip to cover 10,000 centuries of anthropology and anarchy in about 100,000 words. But why not? "I, Man," says he, speaking for the rest of the race, "am thoroughly tired of the various so-called histories of me. . . . They make a tedious and complicated matter out of what is really a simple one." Author Stewart's readers may find themselves repelled by his materialistic view of man and history, at times bored by his chummy "I, Man" approach. But they may also be amused (or outraged...
...price balloon had not torn loose from its moorings. But the cable was paying out at a steady clip. The Gallup poll found that 92% of U.S. citizens expected prices to continue upward for the next six months, a rare percentage of agreement on anything...
Bright Spots. In many another industry the news was better-notably in the electrical industry. General Electric was typical. Despite lack of copper wire, which may soon clip production, G.E.'s electric fan output was close to schedule. Refrigerators were up to 93%; vacuum cleaners 57%, irons 91%. But toasters, broilers and roasters were still way down. Radio manufacturers were turning out a million radios monthly, almost the 1941 production level. (The public was already balking at buying unknown brands.) Shoe manufacturers will probably reach an alltime U.S. high this year of 550 million pairs; tires were now plentiful...